WASHINGTON - President Bush has chosen a 25-year intelligence veteran, retired Vice Adm. Mike McConnell, to be the country's second national intelligence director as he reshapes national security strategy with two years left in his presidency.
The current director, career diplomat John Negroponte, will move into the long-vacant job as top deputy to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
The nominations were expected to be announced Friday by Bush, said a senior administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision was not yet public.
The moves come as the White House considers a new direction in Iraq, where a quick invasion has devolved …
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